Though terrorist groups are a fixture of contemporary politics and warfare, the world has never witnessed the degree of sheer brutality demonstrated by the group known as isis the islamic state. The state of terror is a timely and important history of a movement that now defines the 21st century. Two new books on the islamic state provide a finegrained look at the organizations history and metastasis, and how to fight it. The state of terror kindle edition by stern, jessica, berger. The state of terror traces the ideological innovations that the group deploys to.
The authors examine isiss predatory abuse of women and children and its use of horror to manipulate world leaders and its own adherents as it builds its twisted society. Berger have produced a clear and succinct account of the rise of the fanatics this book s achievement is to demonstrate how isis. The first major book on isis to be published since the group exploded on the international stage in summer 2014. Berger and jessica stern detail isiss strategies and techniques and discuss the threat posed by the islamic state. The state of terror by the harvard terrorism scholar jessica stern and j. The state of terror traces the ideological innovations that the group deploys to recruit unprecedented numbers of westerners, the composition of its infamous snuff videos, and the technological tools it exploits on social media to broadcast its atrocities, and its recruiting pitch to the world, including its success at attracting thousands of western adherents. As it lays out what our next move as a country, as a government, as the world should be, it offers a vital assessment of the future of. The islamic state, known as isis, exploded into the public eye in 2014 with startling. Isis the state of terror download ebook pdf, epub, tuebl. The state of terror and millions of other books are available for instant. Berger, two very experienced writers under the topic of jihad, terrorism, and the september 11 attacks, no wonder then that the book has so much to tell. Stern and berger offer a nuanced and readable account of the ideological and. Brookings hosted a panel of experts on global terrorism to launch a new book on isis revealing the evolution of the islamic state from a band of renegade jihadis to a. The state of terror, two of americas leading experts on terrorism dissect the new model for violent extremism that the islamic state, known as isis, has leveraged into an empire of death in iraq and syria, and an international network that is rapidly expanding.
It has captured the imagination of the global jihadist movement, attracting recruits in unprecedented numbers and wreaking bloody destruction with a sadistic glee that has alienated even the hardcore terrorists of its parent organization, al qaeda. It traces the conditions under which isis emerged as well as the ideological innovations that the group uses to recruit huge numbers of fighters. Drawing on their unusual access to intelligence sources and material, law enforcement, and groundbreaking research into open source intelligence, stern and berger outline the origins of isis as the formidable terrorist group it has quickly become. Berger say that the projection of strength has led to. The authors took a complex topic and attempted to simplify the information in such a way that the layman might understand. Bergers new book, isis, should be required reading for every politician and policymakertheir smart, granular analysis is a bracing antidote to both facile dismissals and wild exaggerations. The authors offer a muchneeded perspective on how world leaders should prioritize and respond. Isis has several thousand active online supporters who operate in disciplined regiments. The state of terror traces the ideological innovations that the group. In addition to writing for the atlantic and politico, he has authored and coauthored several groundbreaking studies on social media analysis, including the development of metrics for measuring influence. Stern and bergers book provides the most compelling analysis yet of the groups creative and sophisticated propaganda efforts and its unprecedented use of social media.
Yet another book in the terrorist groupsociety known as isis, this one presents a detailed look at the inside of organization and how it operates from capturing and absorbing territory, brutally subduing the population, enacting and enforcing medieval sharia laws and punishments, to more mundane things like trying to run infratructure like providing utilities sporatic, set up bus schedules, and provide for basic services but staying within islamic. Stern and berger offer a muchneeded perspective on how world leaders should prioritize and respond to isis s deliberate. Drawing on their unprecedented access to intelligence sources and law enforcement, and on groundbreaking research, two of americas leading experts on violent extremism and terrorism explain the genesis, evolution, and implications of todays most barbaric jihadist army, islamic state and how we can fight it. In anatomy of terror, former fbi special agent and new york times bestselling author ali soufan dissects bin ladens brand of jihadi terrorism and its major offshoots, revealing how these organizations were formed, how they operate, their strengths, and crucially their weaknesses. Robin yassinkassab of the guardian wrote, weiss and hassan have produced a detailed and readable book. It has captured the imagination of the global jihadist movement, attracting recruit a revelatory look inside the worlds most dangerous terrorist group. Those who want to vastly improve their understanding of daesh isis read this book. Inside the army of terror, by michael weiss and hassan hassan.
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Stern is a lecturer at harvard university as well as a former staff member on clintons national security council, and has written extensively on terrorism. What extremism is, how extremist ideologies are constructed, and why extremism can escalate into violence. Inside the army of terror, by michael weiss and hassan hassan, who have talked to a great many of the jihadists themselves and tell a far more detailed and nuanced story. Stern and berger offer a muchneeded perspective on how world leaders. Isis supporters on social media tweeted manipulated images of an islamic state passport, for instance. Inside the army of terror, by michael weiss and hassan hassan, the most comprehensive of the three, traces the groups evolution and sheds particular light on how it. The socalled islamic state, better known in the west as the islamic state of iraq and syria isis, catapulted itself to western attention in the summer of 2014 by posting gruesome videos of beheadings on social media and capturing cities in iraq and syria. Isis is using beheadings as a form of marketing, manipulation, and recruitment, determined to bring the public display of savagery into our lives, trying to instill in us a state of terror. A rising tide of extremist movements threaten to destabilize civil societies around the globe. The islamic state, known as isis, exploded into the public eye in 2014 with startling speed and shocking brutality. Drawing on their unusual access to intelligence sources and material, law enforcement, and groundbreaking research into open sour.
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